[Sam Hill]

If he changed his name. Which I guess is possible.

But the reporter's full name is said to be Ali Omar Abrahem al-Mashhadani.

[usmcobra]

He's a cause celebre for every left wing nutjob liberal journalism group on the web.

Ibrahim is another spelling of Abrahem.

But check this out The last excutive director of The Mukhabarat was Khudayr Isma’il Ibrahim Al Mashhadani. A father or Uncle maybe?